operation of an international trading business, between professionals (B2B) and commercial platform for supplier research; export, import, financing and shipping of goods worldwide; trade, distribution and execution of all auxiliary services related to trade and distribution of: steel, non-ferrous, refractory, cement, raw materials, and their derived products, related or not to the production cycle of iron and steel (including, without limitation, coal, coke, iron ore, scrap, non-ferrous metals, oxides and ferro-alloys) and energy products (including gas and electricity); the company may grant direct or indirect financing to third parties, including direct or indirect shareholders of the company or companies in which they participate, either through loans or other forms of financing or risk sharing, or through guarantees of any kind, with or without consideration; the company may also acquire and sell interests in commercial, financial and industrial enterprises and carry out all commercial or financial operations or financial instruments deemed useful, desirable or necessary for the company's purpose; the company may establish branches or subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and take participations in other companies both in Switzerland and abroad, conclude transactions and contracts that promote the company's purpose or are directly or indirectly related to it; the company may buy, manage, lease and sell properties, intellectual property rights and licenses of all kinds.